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From: NPR All Things Considered
Date: 20071031
Author:ROBERT SIEGEL

ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
10-31-2007
Philadelphia, Baltimore Battle Over Edgar Allen Poe

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 20:00-21:00 PM

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What better for Halloween than the words of Edgar Allan Poe?

Mr. EDGAR ALLAN POE (Poet): Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.

SIEGEL: Poe is now considered the master of the macabre, but he struggled most of his life for attention and income, and he never lived in one place for long. He was born in Boston. Later, he called Richmond, London, ...

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